The end of WhOA?

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 3:53 pm

Just to give some of the sufferers a thread of hope, WhOA is a disease that can be beaten.

In the last year I have not bought any new whistles. In the past two years, I've sold about 15 more whistles than I've bought. Trouble is, I don't know for sure how it happened so I cant write a self-help book and get rich.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:01 pm

I agree. It is curable.

Besides the ones I'm selling, I only have 2 or 3* whistles left. I haven't bought any in a long time, either.

I used to have about 100 whistles.

*My Hohner Bb is still MIA (a certain board member refuses to give it back), and I don't even care anymore.

So, yeah, it's beatable.

LeeMarsh · Post by **LeeMarsh** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:07 pm

Nope there is not Cure...

One word,

Remission!

For sanity's sake it may last, but what fun is there in being sane?

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:09 pm

My quest for a superb whistle ended when I received a Burke over a year ago. No WhOA since then. No point in buying just for trying.

Susan

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:17 pm

It'll be back.

lixnaw · Post by **lixnaw** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:57 pm

i think i'll be fully cured after getting my first (and last) button accordion last summer+
a brand new Jerrytone this christmas+
a sterling silver copeland low D that i just be getting in a month or so.

they're my favourites, and that's all i need.

untill the kids get WHOA...

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:11 pm

There is no such thing as WhOA. After a year, I have 19 whistles and have another 10 or so in mind, yet I've seen no sign of WhOA. Check Snopes, and you'll find that it's just another urban myth.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:14 pm

Never mind.

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:15 pm

You're only in danger of serious WhOA when your ratio of Whistles:Tunes goes above 1:1

So the best cure for WhOA is to learn more tunes

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:56 pm

Hey, if IDAwHOa reads this thread and cures his WhOA, he'll have to change his name again. Funky Beets. Amar will be pleased.

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:59 pm

I don't think there's ANY way IDAwHOa will ever bring his Whistles:Tunes ratio below 1:1 unless he memorizes the whole O'Neill's collection. Unabridged.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:06 pm

DCrom wrote:You're only in danger of serious WhOA when your ratio of Whistles:Tunes goes above 1:1

So the best cure for WhOA is to learn more tunes

Actually I'm seeing signs of the abatement of WhOA myself. I really can't think of any more whistles I want. I'm playing more and buying...well, none. I might even sell some of the ones I no longer play.

Ridseard · Post by **Ridseard** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:18 pm

I found exactly what I wanted about two years ago. There have been no whistle purchases since then.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:56 pm

I think whOA is virus because it sometimes mutates into flOA (flute version) and accOA (accordion version).
If untreated it can progress into MEIAS (More expensive instrument acquisition syndrome).

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:09 pm

Daniel_Bingamon wrote:I think whOA is virus because it sometimes mutates into flOA (flute version) and accOA (accordion version).
If untreated it can progress into MEIAS (More expensive instrument acquisition syndrome).

MEIAS? I could be a poster child for it. Fortunately the syndrome seems to have gone into remission, knock wood.